Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-06-16

NCoGu'scu snts ORDER OS training a. that best
adapted 70 ft students oven for special scien-
tinc WORK. For . quarter Of u century the /
graduates Of tho Gy asiA--somewha hat corrc.
spending to our collegc--And those Of the |
Real Schulo havC bccn admitted ON A Ike
plano to tho University. But after this long |
experience the declaration has bccn made.
that the students from the Gymuas,a, who
have been closely aud carefully trained In the
old classical curriculum, have lrcn found
better equipped, even for scientific studies,
than those whose preparation was made In
tho Real Schu.c, where tho practical or tsch-
meal idea prevailed. Aud this declaration |
was signed by Hoffman, ono Of tho grcatest
chcmists Of the day.
Now. the requirements of tho aye may do
mand of some, who aro impatient to enter
upon practical pursuits, that their education
should bc 81 specially conducted as to give
business knowledge aud business fitness, and
of others that they should pursue tcchnic
studies in order that they may bc able to
plunge into tho duties Of life We have no
controversy with this fact. Some tcchno-
logical study may possibly DO beneficial at
every stage Of education if for no other
purpose. certainly FOR the completion Of men
tai discipline; but the experience VI tho past
accoris perfectly with the conclusions Of the
Berlin savans, that the best preparation for
that which requires 4 thoroughly cultivated
and wcll-disciplined mind is the old college
course of studies. pursued under the direction
Of honest, earnest, Industrious, able protcs-
sors, whose lives arc devoted to their duties;
and that he who has couscientiously COM
plcted it is thereby ordinarily mach better
prepared to take up tho pursuit Of special
studies thereafter than one who has not had
the advantages 1t furnishes.
THE TRUE END AND AM.
With these views acquired when = boy in
the early days Of Marshall college, strength
| cued by contact with the world aud the eS-
/ perencc 1t brings to every one who strives to
| perform his duty, turn with pleasure to the
| general register Of Franklin and Marshall,
| and find these utterances from its faculty:
Franklin aud Marshall has remained
firm in its adhenuce To what 1t conceivcs to
he the true end and aim Of = college. While
1t freely comedies the legitimate calling Of in
| stitutions that lay themselves out specially
/ for \ business education, and the pursuit Of
technic studies. 1t does not believe that such
purposes can bc advantageously joined with
a vigorous and successful attempt to master a
/ fun classical course" | read also, that a
divine service is held on Sundays, that Bib
| lical and catechctical course Of instruction is
l given on Sunday morning, aud that daily
| morning service is held in the chapel, and
That these provisions are such as parents
usually wish their sons To enjoy at home,
aud they are designed to throw around them
/ the strongest agencies for good In the m,dst
of the dangers and perils by which they are
surrounded during the most interesting per.
| iod of their lives"
BrAvely said, Uitsr Curissip.a : you have
/ remained firm and true to the ideal set be
i fore you in the days Of your youth, have
/ striven to realize it all these years, and ar,
l still true to your convictions and earnest in
your endeavors To bring up your sons In ac
/ cordaucc with tho traditions Of the past and
E.,l
/ Aud while doing this, you have shown your
self not unmndful of the fact, that the Az,
is one of wondrous developments in science
| aud art. Your observatory, your effort,
/ after more elaborate means Of illustrating
the scientific progress of the prcsent-al
show how faithiulness to the past can b,
| connected with a hearty recognition Of pro
/ grcSs. Conservatism is not necessarily an
tagoustc To progress, but can 81 beautifully
blend with it As to demonstrate tho con
/ tinuity of all human effort aud all mcnta
. / life. With truth it can DC said Of Aim
Mater, that "her children rise up aud cal
i her blessed
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Stmptr stht IN Hore.
TIE "UNIyEEsITy."
! Another error which the college ha
, | avoided, is the tendency tc mas lucrade As
r university, while striving to carry out tn
/ idea of college. The spheres aud method
, / of the two Institutions are widely different
. | The one is intended FOR general training +
, / intellectual work; the other to tit tho studeI
! | for the speciality which his mature mind la
/, selected. The one has little or nothing to d
, | with electives the other must furnish thes
in abundance, SO that the student can ~
: qure the special knowledge that will be {
y | value in his life-work. The one has to d
9 / with fixed course and with restrictions tina
| gradually diminish as the college life draw
, | to q close; the other recognizes the individus
as having passed beyond the restraint
! needed by youth, and now ready to forge ou
. . the weapons which will be needed in tn
. special arm Of the service in which he Ia
: enlisted for the coming battle. In the un
versity he is to be law to himself az r,
q CARDS his bodily, intellectual and spiritui
conduct. Here his personal bent and incl
q nation are of the first Importance. The
). | must shape his studies, determine tho cOurss
: of lectures most necessary, and cause him
i, avail himself of everything that will give h
= adult powers and well-trained mind sue
= = mastery over the truths which specialists ha,
y gathered in the past, that no can take h
= place among them and, by original worl
= | make additional contributions to their store
= Having learned the advantages OF discipliI
. . in the ranks, he has become fitted tO take
. place with those who are to exercise a.
thority and demand recognition for the
, | special knowledge.
:, The university ensures the grand efiore
y cence of the plant which has sprOuted fort
. from the seed sOwn in childhood in the schOO
q undergone nurture In youth in the colleg
and has been placed under conditions, in
| suitable environment, that will give IL fr,
course to show forth its peculiar characte
1 / istics.
ri Such au institution must have a libera
4 | foundation, since it's teachers should all
/, prOficients-recoguized experts or masters
q its illustrations should be Of tho best an
therefore Of the costliest character i
n libraries should be large and comprehendin
8 the written conclusions of the wisest me
! | who have lsbOred in the domain of huma
v knowledge; and its means for fresh az
a original investigation should be such as
o invite tho ambitious to work in untrodde
d fields with great probability Of success
II Without a liberal foundation it will fail |
o realize the ideal involved in its smple
# form, and prove delusiOn to those who ha,
o been enrolled among its members. Hen,
, | universities cannot be numerous. Far bett,
o that they should be few, thorough
is equipped, well-manned, largely supple
o with members eager for the advantages the
v may offer, and become necessarily great ceI
o tres for original work aud valuable cOntrbu
It tions to science and literature. College